Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
13 Kentucky hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: King's Daughters' Medical Center, Norton Hospitals, Inc, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | King's Daughters' Medical Center | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 232 min, 8th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 455 | Compare King's Daughters' Medical Center |
| T1 | Norton Hospitals, Inc | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 1,730 | Compare Norton Hospitals, Inc |
| T1 | UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 1,261 | Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital |
| 4 | Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 359 | Compare Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital |
| T5 | St Elizabeth Edgewood | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 621 | Compare St Elizabeth Edgewood |
| T5 | Baptist Health Louisville | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 191 min, 24th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 519 | Compare Baptist Health Louisville |
| T7 | Baptist Health Paducah | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.36, 5th percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 349 | Compare Baptist Health Paducah |
| T7 | University Of Kentucky Hospital | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 218 min, 12th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 791 | Compare University Of Kentucky Hospital |
| T7 | Owensboro Health Regional Hospital | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 469 | Compare Owensboro Health Regional Hospital |
| 10 | Pikeville Medical Center | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.74, 1st percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 340 | Compare Pikeville Medical Center |
| 11 | Baptist Health Lexington | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 371 | Compare Baptist Health Lexington |
| 12 | The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 382 | Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green) |
| 13 | Saint Joseph Hospital | 4.7%, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.35, 5th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 468 | Compare Saint Joseph Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).